{"id":1328,"date":"2010-11-30T14:11:25","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T14:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2010-11-30T14:11:25","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T14:11:25","slug":"taking_stock_of_november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=1328","title":{"rendered":"Taking Stock of November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. I worked on three articles for a local women&#8217;s magazine and got to do some eating in the progress. The first article was about cooking schools overseas (unfortunately I didn&#8217;t get to go to any I wrote about), the second about the eateries in an area in Singapore, and the last about cognac. The articles will appear in the January issue. I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing my byline.<br \/>\n2. Went on a blind date that was set up by my good friend, D. The guy was the brother of a good friend of hers and she had engineered the meet-up because he&#8217;s a very sporty person. While I&#8217;d like to regale you with a whirlwind romance story, the reality is that it was a pleasant dinner but there weren&#8217;t enough sparks to warrant a second meeting. So I&#8217;m still on the prowl. ;p<br \/>\n3. Spent a few days in my beloved Hong Kong. It felt so good to be back and to hang out with friends. Managed a hike up Sunset Peak with my hiking buddies. I&#8217;ve left my heart in the mountains and seas of Hong Kong. Sigh&#8230;<br \/>\n4. Been applying for jobs but no luck so far.<br \/>\n5. Been reflecting and thinking about the future, life, spirituality, money matters etc. Watching some TV programmes and reading about other people&#8217;s life stories has made me more reflective and made me realise that there are many things I should be thankful for. I may be in a trough at the moment but I guess as long as I keep trying, I will find a way out.<br \/>\n6. D and I made plans last night to spend New Year&#8217;s Eve at her place watching Miyazaki&#8217;s anime films. I had the option of going to Boat Quay to count down to the new year with some newfound friends and a whole lot of other strangers but I decided I didn&#8217;t want to do so. I&#8217;d much rather have a nice, quiet time with one of my closest friends.<br \/>\nGoodbye November and let&#8217;s hope the month of December will be an interesting one and a good one to round off 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. I worked on three articles for a local women&#8217;s magazine and got to do some eating in the progress. The first article was about cooking schools overseas (unfortunately I didn&#8217;t get to go to any I wrote about), the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=1328\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-days-of-my-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}